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Top Conservative In Senate Judiciary Panel Open To Gay Supreme Court Nominee
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat May 07, 2009 11:17am |
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| News Date | Thursday, May 7, 2009 04:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the newly-minted ranking Republican in the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Thursday indicated openness to supporting a gay nominee to replace Supreme Court David Souter, who will retire this summer.
Two openly gay academics, Stanford Law professor Pam Karlan and former Stanford Law Dean Kathleen Sullivan, have emerged as potential candidates for the post. The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund is pushing to have a gay nominee, which will be President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court appointment.
The Senate Judiciary panel will be key to confirming whoever will be the President's choice. Sessions was chosen by the GOP this week to take over as ranking Republican in the committee following Sen. Arlen Specter's (D-PA) decision to defect to the Democratic Party.
In an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Sessions was asked that if he is open to an openly gay Supreme Court nominee since he has said he could support a pro-choice candidate. "It depends on the personal ethics and standards and legal skill and ability. I don't think a person who acknowledges that they have gay tendencies is disqualified per se for the job." |
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